Jon Gosselin Claims Kate Gosselin Encouraged ‘Parental Alienation’ Amid Hopes to Reconcile With Kids

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Jon Gosselin accused ex-wife Kate Gosselin of discouraging their children from talking to him while he was attempting to reconcile with them.“There was so much angst between Kate and [me] and my kids are pleasers, they wanted to please their mom,” the former reality star, 46, told The U.S.

Sun of his relationships with this eight children. “I always wanted to talk to all of my kids but I didn’t want to put them in an awkward position because Kate didn’t want them talking to me.”The former TLC personality went on to accuse his ex-wife, 48, of actively keeping the kids from speaking to him. “I didn’t do parental alienation on my side, but she definitely did on her side,” Jon alleged. “But now they are adults they may not be influenced as much by her and management and all those things.

My door has always been open to them and I hope now they are adults they may want to reach out.”The exes, who split in 2009 after a decade of marriage, are the parents of twins Cara and Mady, 22, and sextuplets Aaden, Collin, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah, 18.

By 2018, Collin and Hannah were living with Jon and had distanced themselves from their mom and their other siblings. Jon, for his part, has remained estranged from his other six children after his split from Kate.“Before, the kids living with Kate were under her thumb, but now they are adults and going off to college or the military or whatever, I don’t have as much fear about reaching out to them,” the former DJ told the outlet, adding that all custody battles are over now that the younger kids are 18. “It happened so fast, the kids growing up.